REVIEW: O’s Place Jazz Newsletter Reviews Several LLP Artists!

December 14, 2020

Derrick Gardner – ‘Still I Rise’ 78 Derrick Gardner takes a grand leadership role on Still I Rise leading his Big dig! Band, arranging, producing and composing all of the music. The North American band has many musicians from Manitoba where Gardner resides, and they all stand tall. The layered brass on “Push Come To Shove” is … Read More

THE BEST JAZZ ON BANDCAMP: Julian Shore “Where We Started”

August 13, 2020

By Dave Sumner, Bandcamp It’s always a treat when Julian Shore’s name appears amongst an album’s personnel; but on one of his own recordings, his expressiveness offers a view of a vaster horizon from a higher plateau. Read this full list here.

REVIEW: Julian Shore “Where We Started” on Marlbank

July 6, 2020

By Stephen Graham, Marlbank Beginning with a lulling quasi-classical feel and a title in ‘Preludio’ to match, pianist Julian Shore finds himself in reflective mood on Where We Started. Read the full review here.  

REVIEW: Julian Shore “Where We Started” Album Review – Glide Magazine

June 30, 2020

By Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine Pianist Julian Shore immerses the listener in journeys, both physical and emotional, as he assembles a stellar band, capable of conveying his deeply personal observations on Where We Started. Many of the players have long-standing shared histories. Shore has toured, performed, and recorded with saxophonists Caroline Davis (4 tracks) and Oded Tzur (closing track … Read More

NEW RELEASE: Julian Shore’s Third Album WHERE WE STARTED Drops July 3, 2020

May 28, 2020

PIANIST/COMPOSER JULIAN SHORE LOOKS INWARD WITH THIRD ALBUM, WHERE WE STARTED  Featuring Dayna Stephens, Ben Monder, Caroline Davis, Edward Perez, Colin Stranahan, and Oded Tzur Available July 3rd, 2020  “We shall not cease from exploration/ And the end of all our exploring/ Will be to arrive where we started/ And know the place for the first … Read More